"But you who walk facing the sun, what images drawn on the earth can hold you?"
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"A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me."
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"The truly good is he who is one with all those who are deemed bad."
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"For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all."
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"Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy."
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"The voice of life in me cannot reach the ear of life in you; but let us talk that we may not feel lonely."
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"At ebb tide I wrote a line upon the sand, and gave it all my heart and all my soul. At flood tide I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore."
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"Now let us play hide and seek. Should you hide in my heart it would not be difficult to find you. But should you hide behind your own shell, then it would be useless for anyone to seek you."
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"Your saying 'I do not understand you' is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve."
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"Trickery succeeds sometimes, but it always commits suicide."
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"It was in my heart to help a little because I was helped much."
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"Real beauty lies in the spiritual accord that is called love which can exist between a man and a woman."
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"The wolves prey upon the lambs in the darkness of the night, but the blood stains remain upon the stones in the valley until the dawn comes, and the sun reveals the crime to all."
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"Reason is not like the goods sold in the market places--the more plentiful they are, the less they are worth. Reason's worth waxes with her abundance. But were she sold in the market, it is only the wise man who would understand her true value."
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"Only those return to Eternity Who on earth seek out Eternity."
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"My house says to me, "do not leave me, for here dwells your past." And the road says to me, "Come and follow me, for I am your future." And I say to both my house and the road, "I have no past, nor have I a future. If I stay here, there is a going in my staying; and if I go there is a staying in my going. Only love and death change all things.""
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"I would tell you more of Him, but how shall I? When love becomes vast love becomes wordless. And when memory is overladen it seeks the silent deep."
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"When you have grasped a problem clearly, face it with resolution, for that is the way of the strong."
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"If it's a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed."
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"For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness."
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